In 2020, the AARP’s Global Brain Health Alliance published a consensus report, Music on our Minds: The Rich Potential of Music to Promote Brain Health and Mental Well-Being. The report, produced in consultation with the National Endowment for the Arts, cited promising research on the value of music training for older adults. 

Five years on, a new study suggests that cognitive health benefits can also derive from music-listening, and possibly to a greater extent than from music-making alone. 

https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2025/strength-numbers-large-study-suggests-role-music-preventing-dementia